Showing Gratitude with Clipping Masks (Tutorial with PSD Template)

Learning Objectives:

The student will reflect upon what is important to to their lives to create a digital collage.

The student will create a collage of images using clipping masks.

Essential Questions:

How do artists or graphic designers use clipping masks in the industry?

How have you used clipping masks in your life outside of Photopea/Photoshop?

Instructions:

• Find nine of your own or found images of things you are grateful for

• Download the Gratitude Clipping Mask Template below:

Grateful Template

.psd

Download PSD • 227KB

1. Open Photopea.com

2. Drag and drop the template document onto the canvas

3. Select layer 1 in the layers panel

4. Drag your first image onto the Canvas

5. Resize to fit over clipping mask layer 1 (not too small, the black square should not show once you create the clipping mask)

6. Right Click your photo layer > select Clipping Mask

7. Move or resize to your liking

8. Repeat 3-7 until you have filled all nine layers

9. Export as a JPG